Joseph Paul Bender

Military
Joe Bender B-17 Crew UPL 61117 UPL 61117 2nd Lt. Joe Bender (Moe), Pilot (Paulsboro, New Jersey)
2nd Lt. Bert B. Smith (Smitty), Co-Pilot (Chicago, Illinois)
2nd Lt. Paul H. Homburg Jr., Bombardier, (San Antonio, Texas)
2nd Lt. Charles Massey, Navigator, (George West, Texas)
S. Sgt. Henry Gowland, Engineer, (New Orleans, Louisiana)
S. Sgt. Gerald E. Clemons, Radio, (Kilgore, Texas)
Sgt. Ben O. Lath, L. Waist Gunner, (New Castle, Pennsylvania)
Sgt. Loyd N. Zabel, R Waist Gunner, (Harrisburg, South Dakota)
Sgt. Ernest G. Haupt, Ball Turret, (Belmond, Iowa)
Sgt. Andy Wheeler, Tail Gunner, Wabasha, Minnesota

Picture handed down to me by my father Joe Bender

Object Number - UPL 61117 - 2nd Lt. Joe Bender (Moe), Pilot (Paulsboro, New Jersey) 2nd Lt. Bert B. Smith (Smitty), Co-Pilot (Chicago, Illinois) 2nd Lt. Paul H. Homburg Jr.,...

Assigned July 1944. On 11 Sept 1944 Cheminitz Germany (Frantic 3, Russian Shuttle) mission, Lt Bender had to abort and even he dropped his bombs to good avail on barges in the Rhine. 

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Photo handed down to me by my father Joe Bender.

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Joseph P. Bender was my father

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history; Snetterton Falcons, pg 179, 190

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